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Temperature Gauge

Coolant temperature gauge is operated by two coils. Battery voltage is applied to both coils. One is grounded directly and the other is grounded through coolant temperature sender/switch. Resistance becomes lower at high temperatures. This causes current through sender and one coil to increase as coolant temperature increases. This moves the pointer.